Poems on several subjects: written by Stephen Duck, lately a poor thresher in a Barn in the County of Wilts, at the Wages of Four Shillings and Six Pence per Week: which were publickly read by The Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, in the Drawing-Room at Windsor-Castle, on Friday the 11th of September, 1730. to Her Majesty: who was thereupon most graciously pleased to take the author into her royal protection, by allowing him a Salary of Thirty Pounds per Annum, and a small House Richmond in Surrey, to live in, for the better Support of Himself and Family.
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- Imprint
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London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster M.DCC.XXX. [1730]
- Publication year
- 1730-1730
- ESTC No.
- T173547
- Grub Street ID
- 210791
- Description
- 32p. ; 8⁰
- Note
- Price from imprint: price Six Pence.Citation/references Foxon, p.200